KurdWatch, August 13, 2016—On August 1, 2016, Shiyar Qarbuz (b. 1982, married, two children) was shot in the head in the Aleppo neighborhood of Mukhaiyam Handarat. The member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party–Syria (PDK‑S) was on his way home from Aleppo to ʿAfrin. The Syrian opposition controls Mukhaiyam Handarat. More information was not available.